VH-OJR. Boeing 747-438. c/n 25547-936.
Last of four Boeing 747-438s ordered new by Qantas - December 16, 1991 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Seattle (Everett) as N6018N - August 17, 1992 Powered by Rolls Royce RB211-524G2 engines First flown as VH-OJR - September 3, 1992 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OJR - September 8, 1992 Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney Aircraft named 'City of Bathurst' at Seattle - October 15, 1992 Ferried Seattle-Las Vegas as QF7418D - October 15, 1992 Accepted by Qantas at Las Vegas - October 15, 1992 Ferried Las Vegas-Vancouver as QF7418P - October 15, 1992 Operated first revenue service Vancouver-Sydney as QF531 - October 17, 1992 Arrived Sydney at conclusion of delivery flight - October 18, 1992 Delivery route: Seattle-Las Vegas-Vancouver-Sydney Operated the inaugural Melbourne-Johannesburg direct service as QF63 - August 13, 1996 Operated the inaugural Melbourne-Hong Kong-London (Heathrow) service as QF29 - November 2, 2004 Registered to RIL Aviation OJR Pty Ltd / Allco Finance Group, Sydney - November 14, 2005 Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd as registered operator Operated Air Pacific service Sydney-Nadi-Sydney as FJ910/911 - September 17, 2009 Ferried Sydney-Melbourne (Avalon) as QF6195 for storage - April 20, 2010 Ferried Melbourne (Avalon)-Sydney as QF6196 - May 20, 2010 Returned to service Sydney-San Francisco as QF73 - May 21, 2010 Advertised for sale by Cabot Aviation (UK) - May 13, 2010 Aircraft had flown 78,442 hours with 9,316 cycles to date Operated final revenue service Johannesburg-Sydney as QF64 - September 22 - 23, 2010 Ferried Sydney-Melbourne (Avalon) as QF6021 - October 6, 2010 Observed at Avalon in basic Qantas livery - October 16, 2010 Departed Melbourne on ferry flight to Marana as QF6023 for storage - November 5, 2010 Registered to RIL Aviation OJR Pty Ltd c/- Allco Finance Group, Sydney - November 9, 2010 Observed stored at Marana in basic Qantas livery in good condition - July 21, 2011 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 20, 2011 Sold by Cabot Aviation (UK) via HKAC Asset Management Services to A.J. Walter Aviation - September 2011 Aircraft was sold for parts Scrapped at Marana - October 2011 |
VH-OJR. Qantas The Australian Airline - in the full livery at Los Angeles Airport, February 1999. |
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